Darrel Clark
Marriages
Katherine Davis - March 26, 1953
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3 D Obituary - August 18, 2013
Darrel was born to Tekla and
Adolph Clark in Clear Lake, Wisc
o n s i n . H e g r e w u p w i t h h i s
brother, Wayne, on the family
d a i r y f a r m , g r a d u a t i n g h i g h
school in 1943. He joined th e
USNR, training in the Navy Air
Corps, then as a deck officer. He
attended Gustavus Adolphus
College in Minnesota, Pre-Midshipman,
Mid-shipman and destroyer
training schools at Princeton and Columbia Universities and
Norfolk, Virginia before duty on the USS Hyman in the Pacific in
1945.
Following WWII, he attended the University of Wisconsin and
Chicago College of Osteopathy, graduating in 1951, before serving
as a communications officer on the USS Waldron. While on this
Goodwill Tour to Europe he met Katherine Davis, who was in the
US Foreign Service in Hamburg, Germany. They married March 26,
1953, in Conroe, Texas during his internship.
In 1954, he started practice in Dove Creek, Colorado, later moving
to Grand Junction, practicing for 38 years and raising a family . He
was active in the American Lutheran Church, the Grand Junction
Rotary Club - president in 1983-1984, the American Osteopathic
Association, and the Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine.
He enjoyed camping, traveling and jeeping, until paralyzed by
Guillian-Barre syndrome in 1980.
In 1992, the couple retired to Ridgway, where they were founding
members of the United Church of the San Juans. He leaves his wife
of 60 years, Katsy, and daughters, Marti Weber of SLC, Utah (Rich,
Ashley and Justin); Janis Berino of Frisco, Colorado (Jeff, Jay and
Jenya); Karla Clark of Nashville, Tennessee, and son, Chris of
Grand Junction, Colorado.
Burial will be at Dallas Park Cemetery near Ridgway. A memorial
service will be held at the American Lutheran Church in Grand
Junction Wednesday, August 21, at 11:00 a.m. Funeral services by
Callahan-Edfast.
Charitable donations may be made to Hope West Hospice or
American Lutheran Church.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 6 A Death Notice - August 19, 2013
Darrel C. Clark, 88, Grand Junction, died Aug. 15, 2013, at
Mesa View Retirement Center.
Mr. Clark was a physician.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the American Lutheran
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Katsy of Grand Junction; one son,
Chris of Grand Junction; three daughters, Marti Weber of Salt
Lake City, Janis Berino of Frisco and Karla Clark of Nashville,
Tenn.; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions to HopeWest Hospice & Palliative Care,
3090B N. 12th St., Grand Junction 81506.
